Oh lor', I hate doing this. It makes me feel like a stereotype of my own lack-of-belief system (bit of a mouthful, 'atheist' is so much better ;)
However...
Anyone who has actually read the Bible - particulaly the Old Testament - will read things far more disturbing and just plain gross than Pullman's Dark Materials. Sodomy, child abuse, genocide... and Dark Materials is supposed to be bad for children? Personally I wouldn't let any child under thirteen read that stuff... it'll damage their faith far more than a book about daemons and talking bears.
Besides, what's wrong with a little healthy scepticism? Admitting that the Christian faith can be damaged by a children's book doesn't help the cause any...
( Sorry, Dragon, I actually came here to read your story not attack your faith... I had to do this anonymous cos Fanfic.net doesn't have an open ID, but my url is here - http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1127462/Gingercake
I have bad feelings about the responce to this :( )
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Pullman bad? What about the Bible?
Date: 2007-11-28 05:51 pm (UTC)From: (Anonymous)However...
Anyone who has actually read the Bible - particulaly the Old Testament - will read things far more disturbing and just plain gross than Pullman's Dark Materials. Sodomy, child abuse, genocide... and Dark Materials is supposed to be bad for children? Personally I wouldn't let any child under thirteen read that stuff... it'll damage their faith far more than a book about daemons and talking bears.
Besides, what's wrong with a little healthy scepticism? Admitting that the Christian faith can be damaged by a children's book doesn't help the cause any...
( Sorry, Dragon, I actually came here to read your story not attack your faith... I had to do this anonymous cos Fanfic.net doesn't have an open ID, but my url is here - http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1127462/Gingercake
I have bad feelings about the responce to this :( )